Here's some incredible video of an amateur bipedal robot competition in Japan... These things look incredibly similar to the Honda Asimo type robots -- I guess they've hit on a generally good design with that style.
What's amazing to me is that the motors on these things are so small yet so powerful now. I don't think this was possible with motor technology 5-10 years ago...
Check it out on FNN.
At the Tokyo Security Show 2004, quite a few cool security products were displayed. The neatest to me is the security robot for the home that can shoot paintballs and create a smoke screen... I wonder how this might be updated for the U.S. market... ;)
There are also a number of other neat things such as a system that photographs people messing with your front door, and emails a picture of them to you immediately!
You can check out a video news story at FNN.